Sophos does no longer wish to get tested by us after this test, because it does not fit in their marketing strategy if I understood it correctly. I accepted to do not longer include them in future tests, as Sophos is not a home-user product like some others.

No, the last big update of HBEDV was ~4 months ago, mainly non-replicating malware. for hbedv it was this time enough to get advanced, for drweb not. hbedv is now better than drweb against non-replicating malware. And drweb better than hbedv against replicating malware.

I continue to be amazed by BitDefender's progress... I mean 2-3 years ago I'm sure most of us won't have touched it with a ten foot stick. Now, for me atleast, I'd be proud to run it on any of my machines!

do not try to interprete my words, i want to keep the results secret until they are released so it will be a surprise for anyone; maybe it also helps to earn in the meantime some cents thru the google ads
Avast improved, but not enough to get advanced.